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Council continues Carrara Estates DA modification after resident concerns about fence and home styles
Summary
Toll Brothers’ request to add architectural elevations and alter perimeter fencing in Carrara Estates prompted extensive resident testimony about privacy, height and construction practices; council continued the matter to Aug. 18 and asked for a narrowed, definitive list of allowed elevations and a consistent fence plan.
The council continued a development‑agreement modification for Carrara (Carrera) Estates after more than an hour of testimony from homeowners and the developer about fencing and proposed new elevations. Becky McKay (Engineering Solutions) explained the request: Toll Brothers wants to include additional architectural elevations (including Scandinavian and mid‑century modern styles) and revise a fencing plan so some homeowners may retain composite privacy fences while others would revert to wrought‑iron view fencing.
Several residents and the HOA president objected, saying composite privacy fencing had been installed in places contrary to the original 2021 agreement and that mid‑century rooflines could increase floor heights and sightlines into adjacent backyards. The HOA president said conversations between the developer and individual homeowners had created division in the neighboring community. Toll Brothers representatives said the composite fence installation was a subcontractor error, that they would yield to council direction and that the additional elevations were part of the originally planned product mix; the company offered to restrict specific lots adjacent to sensitive neighbors to single‑story builds if council required it.
Council members expressed concern about precedent, the number of proposed new elevations and the need for clearer exhibits. To allow the public and council to digest a definitive, shorter list of elevations and a consistent fence alignment, council voted to continue the public hearing and requested applicant exhibits and a list of permitted elevations for the Aug. 18 meeting.
